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EUROPEAN Union – Brazil SECTOR DIALOGUES FINAL REPORT 2014 - 12 - 18 STUDY ON THE BRAZILIAN AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICRO- AND NANO-SATELLITE INDUSTRY CONTACT INFORMATION Project National Directorate Brazilian Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management + 55 (61) 2020.8527/1704/1823 [email protected] www.sectordialogues.org Carlos Leonardo Teófilo Durans Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Secretariat of Production Development General Coordination of Aerospace and Defense Industries +55 (61) 2027-7915 [email protected] Igor Alonso Portillo Senior External Expert +34 607 339 357 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 2 3 STUDY ON THE BRAZILIAN AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICRO- AND NANO-SATELLITE INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................7 TABLE OF 1. STUDY PROJECT BACKGROUND ..............................................................................9 1.1. CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................9 1.2. GOALS AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES ....................................................................................10 CONTENTS 1.3. STUDY METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................10 1.4. FINAL REPORT STRUCTURE AND RATIONALE .......................................................................11 2. MICRO & NANO SATELLITES ....................................................................................13 2.1. SMALL SATELLITE CLASSIFICATION .....................................................................................13 2.2. APPLICATIONS & MARKET ...................................................................................................15 3. EUROPEAN SMALL SAT INITIATIVES .........................................................................21 3.1. NATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL LEVEL ..............................................................................21 3.2. COMPANIES ........................................................................................................................24 3.3. PROJECTS ..........................................................................................................................26 4. BRAZILIAN SMALL SAT INITIATIVES ...........................................................................29 4.1. NATIONAL LEVEL .................................................................................................................29 4.2. COMPANIES ........................................................................................................................30 4.3. PROJECTS ..........................................................................................................................32 5. OTHER TOPICS – TECHNICAL ...................................................................................35 5.1. LAUNCHERS........................................................................................................................35 5.2. LABORATORIES ...................................................................................................................39 5.3. GROUND STATIONS .............................................................................................................40 6. OTHER TOPICS – non TECHNICAL ...........................................................................43 6.1. REGULATION .......................................................................................................................43 6.2. INSURANCE.........................................................................................................................45 6.3. FINANCING ..........................................................................................................................47 7. OTHER INFORMATION ..............................................................................................53 7.1. CONFERENCES AND GROUPS ..............................................................................................53 7.2. SPECIAL WORKGROUP FOR SMALL SATELLITES IN BRAZIL ..................................................55 8.CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................................57 ANEXO .........................................................................................................................59 4 5 STUDY ON THE BRAZILIAN AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICRO- AND NANO-SATELLITE INDUSTRY his document is the final report of the Study on the Brazilian and European Initiatives for the TDevelopment of the Micro- and Nano-satellite Industry. INTRODUCTION The Study has been developed part time during the months of June through November of 2014 according to the definedT erms of Reference (ToR) and presents an overview of the main initiatives, projects and efforts in the small satellite segment today both in Brazil and in Europe. This final report has been created by the Project Senior External Expert and reviewed by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) of the Government of Brazil. The author of this Final Report, and Project Senior External Expert, wants to express his most sincere gratitude to Mr. Alexandre Cabral, Mr. Edilson da Silva and Mr. Carlos Leonardo Teófilo Durans from MDIC for their unconditional support and friendship always. 6 7 STUDY ON THE BRAZILIAN AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICRO- AND NANO-SATELLITE INDUSTRY 1.1. CONTEXT The Sector Dialogues are a new form of cooperation STUDY PROJECT dynamics between the European Union (EU) and emerging countries. Currently, there are around 30 Dialogues identified between Brazil and the EU on a wide BACKGROUND range of themes, based on the principles of reciprocity and complementarity, aiming to foster the exchange of 1. know-how and experiences in areas of mutual interest. In this context, the EU-Brazil Sector Dialogues Support Facility was created with a view to contributing to the advancement and enhancement of the strategic partnership and bilateral relations between Brazil and the EU, by fostering greater exchanges of technical know- how. The project is coordinated jointly by the Brazilian Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management – through the National Project Directorate – and the Delegation of the European Union to Brazil (DELBRA). See more at: http://sectordialogues.org/en/ Within this set-up, a Study Project on the Brazilian and European Initiatives for the Development of the Micro- and Nano-satellite Industry was proposed in early 2014 related to the existing dialogue between Brazil and the European Union in the field of “Civilian Space Cooperation”. Contributing to this Cooperation Project, on the Brazilian side there are the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) working alongside the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), which has been an important player in the development of Brazil’s small satellite industry. On the European side there is the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry (DG ENTR) of the European Commission. The Study Project was to be developed by a Senior External Expert, coordinated and directed by the MDIC. 8 9 STUDY ON THE BRAZILIAN AND EUROPEAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICRO- AND NANO-SATELLITE INDUSTRY opinions, insights and visions from the persons who are • Visit to relevant conferences, including the Then the main national initiatives as well as private 1.2. GOALS AND EXPECTED leading this sector and paving its future, are harder to Small Satellite Conference in the United States companies and projects are presented in the next two OUTCOMES obtain. (not included in the scope in the original ToR of sections. This is done for Europe and Brazil. No detailed the Project). information on the different companies and projects is As mentioned in the original ToR, “there is a need for This report is NOT a Guidebook to small satellite design. presented. Instead hyperlinks to websites are provided, • Visit to selected European companies (Scotland, further study of the state of the art in the manufacture It may speak of technical points briefly when necessary when relevant. The idea is to keep this report executive UK, Italy) with representatives from Brazil in of micro- and nano-satellites, since this is still a nascent but it is not an engineering document. This is NOT a full and, as explained earlier, this approach should hopefully September 2014. industry in which Brazil and the European Union (EU) can market study either. make the report valid for a longer time as we speak of a position themselves to gain an important market share”. • Preliminary results presentation in Brazil in It is important to clarify also that the project scope was very dynamic industry. Porto Alegre, RS in October 2014. Ultimately the goal was to produce a map and collect on Brazilian and European initiatives and therefore these Next follows a first special chapter on other technical • Final meetings and workshop in Brazil in Brasilia insight of the current situation in Brazil and Europe in shall be the ones collected in this report. However, it is matters including launchers, laboratories and ground presenting report, outcomes and conclusions in order to: hard to separate other international efforts,